Werner calls for Werder transfers: “We need a different competitive situation”

Test defeat against Braunschweig

A few days before the start of the second half of the season, coach Ole Werner from Werder Bremen called for reinforcements for his decimated squad. “We need a different competitive situation – and as quickly as possible,” said the 35-year-old after the Bundesliga club’s 3-1 friendly defeat at second division relegation candidate Eintracht Braunschweig.

“We generally need to add more. “Before a crucial phase of the season, things are not as you would imagine,” so “we certainly have to do something,” Werner continued. Only two Bundesliga teams currently have a smaller squad than Bremen (for an overview); the North Germans are currently weakened by the injuries to the two defenders Amos Pieper and Milos Veljkovic. Other clubs are also very interested in the two Werder professionals Rafael Borré (Internacional Porto Alegre) and Nicolai Rapp (Karlsruher SC).

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With a view to the current situation with Borré, professional football director Clemens Fritz explained at the weekend: “We know that there is interest in him, but we are not interested in giving him away.” The rumors about upcoming negotiations with representatives of Porto Alegre in the New week he referred to the realm of fables: “I don’t know anything about it. Nobody has announced anything to us.” There had also recently been speculation around Osterdeich about a possible departure of striker Dawid Kownacki (background). “It is clear that if players leave us, we have to add more in these positions,” emphasized Werder coach Werner.

The table 13th. had generated a transfer plus of 23 million euros in the summer through the sale of national player Niclas Füllkrug (for an overview), but the options for the Bundesliga club, which is still financially struggling, are considered limited. Most recently, Werder was linked in the TM rumor mill with Hamburg’s Bakery Jatta, among others, but the trail seems to have gone cold (all rumors about Werder additions at a glance). Bremen will face relegation battle rivals VfL Bochum in the first Bundesliga game of the new year next Sunday.

“We are still keeping an eye on this. We look at the market to see what can be implemented. Our goal is to strengthen ourselves. If you put on a performance like that in Bochum next Sunday, you will concede just as many goals as you did in the first game last year in Cologne,” said Fritz after the game in Braunschweig. A year ago, Bremen lost 1:7 at 1. FC Köln – to date, one of the five worst Bundesliga defeats in Werder’s history (statistics).

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